Under the Dome
British Fantasy Award nominee 2010.
Celebrated storyteller Stephen
King returns to his roots in this tour de force featuring more than 100
characters – some heroic, some diabolical – and a supernatural element as
baffling and chilling as any he’s ever conjured.
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mills, Maine,
the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the
world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from
the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome”
comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are
divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can
fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when – or if – it will
go away.
Dale
Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with
a few intrepid citizens – town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a
physician’s assistant at the hospital, a selectwoman, and three brave
kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at
nothing – even murder – to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is
keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry.
But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.
With some of the most spectacularly sinister characters King has ever imagined and a driving plot, Under the Dome is Stephen King at his epic best. This book will thrill every reader who’s ever loved a novel by King.
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Stephen King’s name is synonymous with horror, suspense, and the kind of storytelling that lingers long after the final page is turned. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, his love for the macabre began early, drawing inspiration from his small-town upbringing and the creeping unease that would define much of his work. From his first short stories published in magazines to the blockbuster novels that changed the literary landscape, King's journey from aspiring writer to a cultural phenomenon is nothing short of legendary.
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